RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

In fact, I'll give an example:

When I interviewed here, I met with the Dir of NY Operations. We talked
about how I get information and I mentioned that one of the ways was to ask
alot of WHY questions and to offer alternatives to existing ways the system
works. He told me that this wouldn't be necessary because I was going to be
documenting a system already in place and all I had to do was describe the
way it works.

Find out on my first day that it was the first day of a stabilization
project where the system was being completely overhauled and the NEW system,
which didn't exist yet, was what I was documenting.

This was not a problem for me and infact, I enjoyed it more. However, it
COULD have been.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada 
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:24 AM
To: 'gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com'; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Cc: John Posada
Subject: RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview


I expect that to happen and every job I DID get, found out there was stuff
going on that wasn't revealed during the interview.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato [mailto:gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:34 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Cc: JPosada -at- book -dot- com
Subject: Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview


"John Posada" wrote...

> I said my obligation was to get the job. You said my obligation is to be
> honest. I'm not there to spill my guts. I'm there to get the job. Being
> honest means telling them good AND bad things about me, even if it will
> hinder my chances at the job. I just won't discuss bad things, because I'm
> not obligated to tell EVERYTHING, only what I want them to know. 

So its okay for the employer to return the favor and not tell you everything
about the job as well, right? 

Andrew Plato 

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